# CVE-2026-55160: Authenticated Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via feed URL in Stringer

- Also known as: GHSA-496X-437Q-H35Q
- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-09-28 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- stringer-rss stringer: fixed in 75cb0955919a362ac49d23c8a14892d0f59ea1c4

## Description

Stringer is a self-hosted, anti-social RSS reader. Prior to commit 75cb095, an unrestricted Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability allows any authenticated user to force the Stringer server to send arbitrary HTTP/HTTPS requests to internal networks, localhost services, and cloud metadata endpoints (e.g. AWS IMDS 169.254.169.254). When self-service signup is enabled (Setting::UserSignup), even a low-privileged registered user can exploit this to scan internal services or steal cloud IAM credentials. This issue has been patched via commit 75cb095.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on stringer-rss stringer, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/stringer-rss/stringer/security/advisories/GHSA-496x-437q-h35q
- https://github.com/stringer-rss/stringer/pull/1548
- https://github.com/stringer-rss/stringer/commit/75cb0955919a362ac49d23c8a14892d0f59ea1c4

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